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i'm jointed by hillary lever vitt, professor of american foreign policy. she specialized in affairs at the state department during the clinton and bush administrations and joined by matt center for american progress. seems like i just spoke to you last night. tell us what this speech means. does this mean the administration is willing to put forth a serious effort towards brokering peace in the middle east and specifically between israelis and palestinians or is this a tremendous speech that doesn't have the substance necessary to carry forth? >> i think it is a speech that underscores obama's speech in rhetoric. unfortunately i don't think it was tremendous in substance. the key aspects what's really necessary for a two state solution, halt to settlements, that was completely dropped from obama's prior substance filled speeches. unfortunately this plan or idea isn't going anywhere. >> why did he drop it? didn't want to insult the israelis to their face? didn't want to challenge them that toughly? >> i think the whole trip was not to make peace in the midd
i'm jointed by hillary lever vitt, professor of american foreign policy. she specialized in affairs at the state department during the clinton and bush administrations and joined by matt center for american progress. seems like i just spoke to you last night. tell us what this speech means. does this mean the administration is willing to put forth a serious effort towards brokering peace in the middle east and specifically between israelis and palestinians or is this a tremendous speech that...
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>> it is foreign policy by accident. and i sense that it's being made on the fly, along with domestic policy being done on the fly. >> the president said the only thing that counts is the end result. it doesn't matter how messy it is. >> and that's just not true, greg. bottom line, the american people see a government that is going from crisis to crisis, that is rudderless, where there's no leadership on the democratic or republican side, and confidence in institutions, which has already been low, is getting worse. >> and here's the key thing, greg, about this, what took place. the american people, as john said, the spontaneity with which they've responded. normally, historically, when a president gives a speech or the administration says we have to take action, the country will rally around. these are the worst numbers -- >> just the opposite. >> the opposite. and more importantly, it's across the board. it's democrats, republicans and strictly independents. and it is the elite. it is the political class in washington s
>> it is foreign policy by accident. and i sense that it's being made on the fly, along with domestic policy being done on the fly. >> the president said the only thing that counts is the end result. it doesn't matter how messy it is. >> and that's just not true, greg. bottom line, the american people see a government that is going from crisis to crisis, that is rudderless, where there's no leadership on the democratic or republican side, and confidence in institutions, which...
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>> it is foreign policy by accident. and i sense that it's being made on the fly, along with domestic policy being done on the fly. >> the president said the only thing that counts is the end result. it doesn't matter how messy it is. >> and that's just not true, greg. bottom line, the american people see a government that is going from crisis to crisis, that is rudderless, where there's no leadership on the democratic or republican side, and confidence in institutions, which has already been low, is getting worse. >> and here's the key thing, greg, about this, what took place. the american people, as john said, the spontaneity with which they've responded. normally, historically, when a president gives a speech or the administration says we have to take action, the country will rally around. these are the worst numbers -- >> just the opposite. >> the opposite. and more importantly, it's across the board. it's democrats, republicans and strictly independents. and it is the elite. it is the political class in washington s
>> it is foreign policy by accident. and i sense that it's being made on the fly, along with domestic policy being done on the fly. >> the president said the only thing that counts is the end result. it doesn't matter how messy it is. >> and that's just not true, greg. bottom line, the american people see a government that is going from crisis to crisis, that is rudderless, where there's no leadership on the democratic or republican side, and confidence in institutions, which...
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not to apologize for their role in arguably the worst foreign policy disaster and deception in a century, but to say actually it wasn't a disaster or a decepti deception, it was a great idea and they're not sorry and everything worked out great. >> you try to do everything you can diplomatically, without resort to force, but our history is replete with examples where ultimately we had to use force. >> and the argument this was a war you wanted? >> wanted? why, because we like war? i did what i did. it's all on the public record. and i feel very good about it. if i had to do it over again, i would do it in a minute. >> i feel very good about it. what's there to feel bad about? one of dick cheney's main cohorts in selling the iraq war to the american people was this guy, deputy defense secretary paul wolfowits, her was his contribution to the discussion this
not to apologize for their role in arguably the worst foreign policy disaster and deception in a century, but to say actually it wasn't a disaster or a decepti deception, it was a great idea and they're not sorry and everything worked out great. >> you try to do everything you can diplomatically, without resort to force, but our history is replete with examples where ultimately we had to use force. >> and the argument this was a war you wanted? >> wanted? why, because we like...
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what was the biggest foreign-policy story last year? >> no question, iran. that was the big surprise. we had the election that brought president rouhani to power. it ended in the first ever nuclear interim deal with iran for the first time in 10 years that that has been going on. >> a year ago, was there any crisis or story we would have anticipated that did not happen? i think you are right about iran. >> if we are talking about the dog that did not bark, it was u.s. involvement in syria. president obama had set his red line. he did it in 2012. he said that if chemical weapons are used it cannot the allowed to stand. it did happen and it may have happened more times before august of this year. they proved it with the august attack and obama walked up to the edge of the precipice, made it seem as if he was going to strike as punishment for that attack and at the last minute he pulled back. he said he would put it to congress and we all know what happened with secretary kerry making what was called at the time a gaffe, saying that what's going to stop u.s. st
what was the biggest foreign-policy story last year? >> no question, iran. that was the big surprise. we had the election that brought president rouhani to power. it ended in the first ever nuclear interim deal with iran for the first time in 10 years that that has been going on. >> a year ago, was there any crisis or story we would have anticipated that did not happen? i think you are right about iran. >> if we are talking about the dog that did not bark, it was u.s....
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foreign policy is actually to blame for the boston marathon bombing. really? those details next. rancisco. google's backyard for the bing it on challenge. [fight bell: ding, ding] what's your preferred search engine? search engine, uhh, probably google. if we do a side by side blind test comparison, and you end up choosing google, you get an xbox. i'll bet you the xbox, you bet me your son. well let's look up what you need. okay, i would do the left. yeah? what?! i am a daddy! bing wins it! bing won. bing did win. people prefer bing over google for the web's top searches. don't believe it? go to bingiton.com and see what you're missing. @ (announcer) at scottrade, our cexactly how they want.t with scottrade's online banking, i get one view of my bank and brokerage accounts with one login... to easily move my money when i need to. plus, when i call my local scottrade office, i can talk to someone who knows how i trade. because i don't trade like everi'm with scottrade. me. (announcer) scottrade. awarded five-stars from smartmoney magazine. [ male announcer
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. >> it is interesting how the centrist, a moderately conservative foreign policy establishment has rushed to his defense. when people who signed a letter for him was embassador pickering. >> i am getting a lot of unsolicited mail discussing chuck hegel's relationship with israel. i see no evidence of it, but there is a public strain their being discussed. that has to be dealt with. >> i know this is a political show, but i'm not leaving this chair without a word about rg3. >> we've got to win. that's all that matters. when it is on the line, the redskins will step up. >> revenue griffin iii, there are "quarterback, leading the redskins to clinch the nfc title. a scholar and an athlete on the dean's list at baylor. >> i'm impressed. 97% of notre dame players graduate with a degree, the highest in the nation, higher than stanford or do, and their number one in the polls. rg3, both of his parents are enlisted army career. he is not only will spoken but he has been an exemplar for this community and he is terrific on appeal. >> we could use something like him in government. charles. >> of ira
. >> it is interesting how the centrist, a moderately conservative foreign policy establishment has rushed to his defense. when people who signed a letter for him was embassador pickering. >> i am getting a lot of unsolicited mail discussing chuck hegel's relationship with israel. i see no evidence of it, but there is a public strain their being discussed. that has to be dealt with. >> i know this is a political show, but i'm not leaving this chair without a word about rg3....
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foreign policy; proval 38 percent. and immigration one of his other signature pieces and issues 35 percent approval. and federal budget that is carl cameron 32. and economy 38. and these are approval ratings. what is going on here? >> not surprising to be honest with you. once a president gets in the soup, all of the numbers have a way of coming down. combine that with the fact that people are not sure about the iran agreement and everything else, it is not a pretty picture. something happen today that may change the trajectory. >> which is what? >> i was those -- teasing you. >> the third quarter growth up to it 3.6 percent. i don't know if that were to hold but if it holds another quarter that could turn the president's fortunes around. >> that is one. michelle what about this? >> this is the first time since 1974 that majority of americans see this country as not powerful, as powerful as a decade ago. they are less respected and think that their country is not important on the global stage and the reason why is the
foreign policy; proval 38 percent. and immigration one of his other signature pieces and issues 35 percent approval. and federal budget that is carl cameron 32. and economy 38. and these are approval ratings. what is going on here? >> not surprising to be honest with you. once a president gets in the soup, all of the numbers have a way of coming down. combine that with the fact that people are not sure about the iran agreement and everything else, it is not a pretty picture. something...
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both know a lot about foreign policy. the choice of europe and the mideast are important for symbolic reasons. some europeans felt that the obama administration paid too much attention to asia. this trip signals that nato is an enduring partnership for us and going to the mideast, you have so many crisis that they need to deal with from syria to iran to continued troubles in egypt and iraq. it makes sense to start here. i think that what the world is looking for for the united states is leadership. they are looking for an outward-leaning america, not trying to drawback into our borders as the far right or even the far left would have us do. secretary kerry you have a convincing and convinced international which is a great strength. >> based on that, the pivot to asia is in the confirmation hearings and he said i'm not convinced that a ramp up in the asia-pacific area is critical yet. that is something i want to look at very carefully. when you hear that and we talk about what experience level he is bringing here especiall
both know a lot about foreign policy. the choice of europe and the mideast are important for symbolic reasons. some europeans felt that the obama administration paid too much attention to asia. this trip signals that nato is an enduring partnership for us and going to the mideast, you have so many crisis that they need to deal with from syria to iran to continued troubles in egypt and iraq. it makes sense to start here. i think that what the world is looking for for the united states is...
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we want to talk about all things foreign policy. john kerry made his first speech and said there is no such thing as foreign policy. that everything foreign impacts on america's domestic affairs. >> another one is argo poster over here is signed and a photograph of me and tony mendez, a hero in the cia that helped get out our six host 02:08:ainl ages from the canadian embassy. when you have diabetes... your doctor will say get smart about your weight. i tried weight loss plans... but their shakes aren't always made for people with diabetes. that's why there's glucerna hunger smart shakes. they have carb steady, with carbs that digest slowly to help minimize blood sugar spikes. and they have six grams of sugars. with fifteen grams of protein to help manage hunger... look who's getting smart about her weight. [ male announcer ] glucerna hunger smart. a smart way to help manage hunger and diabetes. [ male announcer ] glucerna hunger smart. try running four.ning a restaurant is hard, fortunately we've got ink. it gives us 5x the rewards
we want to talk about all things foreign policy. john kerry made his first speech and said there is no such thing as foreign policy. that everything foreign impacts on america's domestic affairs. >> another one is argo poster over here is signed and a photograph of me and tony mendez, a hero in the cia that helped get out our six host 02:08:ainl ages from the canadian embassy. when you have diabetes... your doctor will say get smart about your weight. i tried weight loss plans... but...
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and the difficulties in articulating a broad set of foreign policy goals. that is infinitely compounded given the state of play and also changing leadership in the middle east. give us the latest from egypt where things are certainly in a state of turmoil. what's your read on how this affects president morsi's grip on power. >> you know, when the news came out, it is importantly linked to the united states because the defense secretary here, or the minister of defense, the head of the armed forces, came out with this statement saying that the country was on the verge of collapse. the state was on the verge of collapse if the country cooperate reconcile its political differences. now, why we say that's important is because the egyptian military receives close to $1.5 billion from the u.s. government. and hadz a close working relationship with the u.s. military. you get a sense of how important this state institution is to the overall affects here on the ground in egypt, and the kind of community that the u.s. has. it is a back door channel and an important o
and the difficulties in articulating a broad set of foreign policy goals. that is infinitely compounded given the state of play and also changing leadership in the middle east. give us the latest from egypt where things are certainly in a state of turmoil. what's your read on how this affects president morsi's grip on power. >> you know, when the news came out, it is importantly linked to the united states because the defense secretary here, or the minister of defense, the head of the...
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a spokesman said she called into thursday's meeting of the foreign policy advisory board. secretary clinton spent three days in the hospital being treated for a blood clot discovered during a follow-up exam for a concussion she suffered last month. mrs. clinton plans to return to work next week. >>> well, president obama is continuing his holiday vacation in hawaii. one day after returning to the island, the president treated his daughters to some bowling and an iconic hawaiian island treat. shaved ice. the president has been said to have emerged with a blue and red multiflavored ice in hand. >> more than 5,000 miles away, vice president joe biden was participating in a mock swearing in of new senators when this awkward but funny moment happened with democrat heidi highcamp of north dakota. >> spread your legs -- you say that to somebody in north dakota, they think it's a frisk. >> i'm at a loss. i don't know where to go with that. spread your legs. you're about to be frisked. >> spread your legs could have been avoid. maybe a cop can say it and get away with it. >> some f
a spokesman said she called into thursday's meeting of the foreign policy advisory board. secretary clinton spent three days in the hospital being treated for a blood clot discovered during a follow-up exam for a concussion she suffered last month. mrs. clinton plans to return to work next week. >>> well, president obama is continuing his holiday vacation in hawaii. one day after returning to the island, the president treated his daughters to some bowling and an iconic hawaiian island...
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polls say no, but foreign policy could end up being barack obama's enduring legacy. at least john kerry homes so >> the united states is stronger under this first agreement than before. gwen: covering the week, molly bell of "the atlantic," jeanne cummings of bloomberg news, john harwood of cnbc and "the new york times" and doyle mcmanus of the "los angeles times." >> award-winning reporting and analysis, covering history as it happens. live from our nation's capital, this is "washington week with gwen ifill." corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> we went out and asked people a simple question. how old is the oldest person you've known? we learned a lot of us have known someone who's lived well into their 90's and that's a great thing. but even though we're living longer, one thing that hasn't changed, the official retirement age. how do you make sure you have the money you need to enjoy all f these years? >> additional corporate funding for "washington week" is providedly northrop grumman. additional funding is provided by the annenberg founda
polls say no, but foreign policy could end up being barack obama's enduring legacy. at least john kerry homes so >> the united states is stronger under this first agreement than before. gwen: covering the week, molly bell of "the atlantic," jeanne cummings of bloomberg news, john harwood of cnbc and "the new york times" and doyle mcmanus of the "los angeles times." >> award-winning reporting and analysis, covering history as it happens. live from our...
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well, iraq is one of the greatest strategic disasters in american foreign policy history, not to mention a moral abomination. north korea, of course, already has a nuclear weapon, first tested during the bush administration, which basically means there is no viable military solution to the united states to impose. so, iran is the last place where the neo cons can get the kind of war they've wanted, the muscular assertion of military dominance, and if that goes away, they are left with nothing. joining me now is matt duss, a left-leaning think tank columnist. a dark day in the halls of neo condom today. >> a dark day for neo conservatives and a great day for america. that's in my view -- >> those usually go together. >> those usually go together. i'm glad you played that clip earlier about president obama back when he was running for office in that debate with john mccain, because i think that is a central argument of his presidency when it comes to foreign policy. he started and won a very important argument that had to do with the appropriate uses of american power. he was criticized by
well, iraq is one of the greatest strategic disasters in american foreign policy history, not to mention a moral abomination. north korea, of course, already has a nuclear weapon, first tested during the bush administration, which basically means there is no viable military solution to the united states to impose. so, iran is the last place where the neo cons can get the kind of war they've wanted, the muscular assertion of military dominance, and if that goes away, they are left with nothing....
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the bigger issue i see is we don't really have a clear foreign policy strategy. and when that situation exists, you can put people on the ground, but it's like being on a soccer field not knowing which way to run to score a goal without a clear cut strategy. >> this idea of vetted rebels was part of this bill that the past in the senate foreign relations committee. the idea being everyone's worried rand paul say we've voted to arm al qaeda. everyone saying, no, these rebels are going to be vetted. you've been on the ground there. can you imagine a situation in which arms can stay in some contained group of people? >> there's no contained group of people. if somebody is in denial, delusion in washington, d.c., thinking they're arming a group of nice rebels, they have to look at internet. they don't have to go into syria. they just have to look at where they're exposing, putting themselves on the internet in terms of brutality. one of them, one of the leaders of the rebels opened the heart of the syrian soldiers, ate his heart and took a bite of his liver. these ar
the bigger issue i see is we don't really have a clear foreign policy strategy. and when that situation exists, you can put people on the ground, but it's like being on a soccer field not knowing which way to run to score a goal without a clear cut strategy. >> this idea of vetted rebels was part of this bill that the past in the senate foreign relations committee. the idea being everyone's worried rand paul say we've voted to arm al qaeda. everyone saying, no, these rebels are going to...
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i believe that diplomacy should be the cornerstone of any foreign policy. >> and i can see russia from my house! >> seems like yesterday when you watch that, but it's been four and a half years since tina fey introduced her stunning impression of sarah palin on "saturday night live." and just when tina fey fans thought they had seen the last of that palin impression, one man, the only man who could do this, was able to get her to do it once again tuesday night. >> would you allow me to introduce sarah palin, please? >> we could try. >> i'm the one taking the chance, not you, pal. you asked joe biden if you could call him "joe." >> uh-huh. >> shall i address you as governor? you served only half a term, so what's the right term of address? >> well, i'll tell ya, i don't know. and i'm a half governor or you could call me a maverick at large. >> perhaps gov. >> gov would be fine by me too. >> i know that you're very fond of shooting wolves from a helicopter. which is understandable enough. have your views on gun laws or wolves changed at all? >> you know, jimmy, i believe that if everybod
i believe that diplomacy should be the cornerstone of any foreign policy. >> and i can see russia from my house! >> seems like yesterday when you watch that, but it's been four and a half years since tina fey introduced her stunning impression of sarah palin on "saturday night live." and just when tina fey fans thought they had seen the last of that palin impression, one man, the only man who could do this, was able to get her to do it once again tuesday night. >>...
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. >> eliot: coming back to foreign policy, do you see it as far as back as the spanish american war, the colonial empire and philippines, etc. >> the little brown brother describe the filipino rebels and there was torturing going on back then, waterboarding racism basically and we always felt that with the aarons, with the japanese, and we felt that with the koreans in the korean war. it's part of the ugliness. let's talk about central america. that is our backyard. we went into nicaragua twice. >> eliot: that strand of empire building, and the use of u.s. military forces to build certainly was a significant period. you begin in 1898, and it carried through. has that not changed almost in necessity that we've retreated from that? >> well, iraq and afghanistan were two setbacks. those who are sane might say that. but it has shown us the limits of military adventurism, and obama has not sent troops to syria, but i'm not sure if that is saying very much. >> eliot: we interveneed in libya libya. >> it was wrong. obama did not admit that it was a war. >> eliot: well, he didn't for congres
. >> eliot: coming back to foreign policy, do you see it as far as back as the spanish american war, the colonial empire and philippines, etc. >> the little brown brother describe the filipino rebels and there was torturing going on back then, waterboarding racism basically and we always felt that with the aarons, with the japanese, and we felt that with the koreans in the korean war. it's part of the ugliness. let's talk about central america. that is our backyard. we went into...
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front, some of the best foreign policy reporters in the business. david ignatius is with the "washington post," of course. tom ricks used to work for the "poat" is now contributing editor to "foreign policy" magazine and margaret brennan is our cbs news state department correspondent. before we get to foreign subjects here on earth, i want to talk about matters from outer space, and that meteorite that fell over siberia and injured over 1,000 people. so we're going back to new york to talk with the science editor and senior editor of "time" magazine jeffrey chewinger. jeffrey, let me start with the obvious. this thing caught our attention. there's no question about that. should we be worried about this? do these things pose a danger to those of us here on earth? >> well, they do and they don't. there's some comfort to be takenarchs we report in "time" magazine this week, that the earth has been playing in traffic for about 4 billion years now especially the time calmed the heavy bombardment period when the solar system hadn't quite acreeded yet. eve
front, some of the best foreign policy reporters in the business. david ignatius is with the "washington post," of course. tom ricks used to work for the "poat" is now contributing editor to "foreign policy" magazine and margaret brennan is our cbs news state department correspondent. before we get to foreign subjects here on earth, i want to talk about matters from outer space, and that meteorite that fell over siberia and injured over 1,000 people. so we're going...
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foreign policy since the invasion of iraq. to quote one white house official, this is not another crank at the wheel at sanctions. this is a fragile moment where we are going to be either on a war track with iran or have an opportunity to move iran in a very wholistic way. >> do you think the democrats on the way are posturing or are they open to blowing up in deal the president reached? >> there are some democrats that are quite sincere in their belief that only more and more and more sanctions is only the right policy. we now see some rumors that bob ma mendez is backing off. right now it's the democrats in this debate that matter more than the republican voices about this. rohani was a lieutenant and aid to the president, who also shut down his nuclear program. >> you see john kerry, who i worked for ten years ago, he's always been a busy guy. now he's trying to do something where so many administrations have failed on the palestinian/israeli diplomacy. >> he's the most fascinating secretary of state we've seen in a long ti
foreign policy since the invasion of iraq. to quote one white house official, this is not another crank at the wheel at sanctions. this is a fragile moment where we are going to be either on a war track with iran or have an opportunity to move iran in a very wholistic way. >> do you think the democrats on the way are posturing or are they open to blowing up in deal the president reached? >> there are some democrats that are quite sincere in their belief that only more and more and...
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foreign policy, you know, pretty much from the mediterranean sea all the way to india. going to be really difficult, but the answer to what we should do is this is where you should apply the, you know, the first principle of being a medical doctor. and what you should do first is do no harm. and so i think that's why, you know, that we need to take a critical look at these policies is the important first step of what we should do. >> josh, quickly, you have defended the targeted killing program and drones, what is your response to madea? >> to an extent, madea is right, i think at their greatest, drones can be a stopgap measure to manage the problem, but back to the charge of indiscriminate, even the most uncharitable statistics about drone strikes give them a civilian causality ratio with the air war in kosovo, which isn't good, not like civilians are happy and there's no killing going on, but it's not an indiscriminate program. indiscriminate is really misrepresenting what's happening here. despite the violence and difficult of this, there haven't been that many peopl
foreign policy, you know, pretty much from the mediterranean sea all the way to india. going to be really difficult, but the answer to what we should do is this is where you should apply the, you know, the first principle of being a medical doctor. and what you should do first is do no harm. and so i think that's why, you know, that we need to take a critical look at these policies is the important first step of what we should do. >> josh, quickly, you have defended the targeted killing...
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especially foreign policy. matt's formative experience was the iraq war. i'm a little older than matt. i have different formative experiences, i remember the gulf war, when all the experts were wrong in the opposite way. people were completely stunned at the speed of this military success. almost all democrats in congress voted against the war. we had the 1990s, you had a very successful humanitarian intervention in the balkans, i think worked quite well. so i don't think you should overlearn the lessons of one particular episode or to assume all the people who got any one particular episode are wrong. >> what about the people who got it right. >> all the people who are wrong about the gulf war were on the left, i think to discount -- >> actually, wait a second. here actually i think is matt's point. that to me is what's so important here, the default posture, i think of the journalists, of policy maker of a citizen, is that war is horrible. and we should stay away from them, unless there is an absolutely overridingly compelling reason to do it. and that t
especially foreign policy. matt's formative experience was the iraq war. i'm a little older than matt. i have different formative experiences, i remember the gulf war, when all the experts were wrong in the opposite way. people were completely stunned at the speed of this military success. almost all democrats in congress voted against the war. we had the 1990s, you had a very successful humanitarian intervention in the balkans, i think worked quite well. so i don't think you should overlearn...
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. >> not to mention foreign policy. >> foreign policy as well. i'm an optimist and i think there is always opportunity for the republicans to come out of this -- they are going to be looking their wounds and doubled down on losing strategy that had no end game. so they are really going to have to recalibrate their strategy going forward and hopefully that involves a -- you know, an interest in some more bipartisan engagement here. we really haven't seen it to date. >> the recalibration goes to the point you raised that we could save as much from social security if we just didn't have the long-term cost of wrangling. that was a great contrast. thanks for breaking it down. >> for debt ceiling deniers, ella explains what the debt ceiling really is by comparing to yes, your pizza bill, you heard that right and we have it all in kindergarten terms. check out the video on facebook. here's a preview. >> it needs to fix this -- this is one of the things that barack obama has to fix, but he can get help but only if he makes the right choice. >> abby, your
. >> not to mention foreign policy. >> foreign policy as well. i'm an optimist and i think there is always opportunity for the republicans to come out of this -- they are going to be looking their wounds and doubled down on losing strategy that had no end game. so they are really going to have to recalibrate their strategy going forward and hopefully that involves a -- you know, an interest in some more bipartisan engagement here. we really haven't seen it to date. >> the...
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it undermined the whole pivot point on which his foreign policy was hung. and if benghazi, the truth in benghazi came out when it should have come out, the president's foreign policy hook for his campaign would have gone away and he would have had a real problem. so i'm absolutely convinced that this was driven by pure unadulterated politics. >> what are we to make when they took out the word "islamic extremist with ties to al-qaeda, ansar al sharia, an al-qaeda-linked group. all of these things taken out. is there anything we read into that's correct the things they took out? >> i go back to what i said, the president was trying to tell america in killing ben laud in he took care of the terrorism issue, and anything that suggested otherwise undermined not only that part of his foreign policy hook, but really if benghazi was as bad as we know know it was, it undermined the approach to foreign policy which the president is completely detached, uninvolved, and frankly, i'm astounded to hear him admitting that he is clueless on so many things. if you listen to
it undermined the whole pivot point on which his foreign policy was hung. and if benghazi, the truth in benghazi came out when it should have come out, the president's foreign policy hook for his campaign would have gone away and he would have had a real problem. so i'm absolutely convinced that this was driven by pure unadulterated politics. >> what are we to make when they took out the word "islamic extremist with ties to al-qaeda, ansar al sharia, an al-qaeda-linked group. all of...
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. >> dick cheney was a trained foreign policy expert. so was colin powell. >> indeed, the facts and iraq's behavior show that saddam hussein and his regime are concealing their efforts to produce more weapons of mass destruction. >> the national debate over going to war in iraq was heavily lopsided in favor of war. in the united states senate, the war resolution passed with 77 votes, only 23 senators opposed it, including only one republican rhode island senator rink on chafee. >> what concerns me most is the pattern we see applied to iraq, that is abandoning of our alliances and willing to be preemptive without any real evidence of weapons of mass destruction. >> in the house of representatives the war resolution passed with 296 votes. 133 house members voted against it, including a congresswoman from san francisco who was working her way up the leadership ladder. >> let's do what is proportionate, appropriate, which mitigates risk for our young people, another cost in addition to human lives, cost to terrorism and cost to the economy a
. >> dick cheney was a trained foreign policy expert. so was colin powell. >> indeed, the facts and iraq's behavior show that saddam hussein and his regime are concealing their efforts to produce more weapons of mass destruction. >> the national debate over going to war in iraq was heavily lopsided in favor of war. in the united states senate, the war resolution passed with 77 votes, only 23 senators opposed it, including only one republican rhode island senator rink on...
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raised issues about foreign policy. to the efficacy of torture to our policy towards iran. we'll talk abut all these issues still confronting us in real life with the terrific panel including the former director of the cia, michael hayden. >>> iran might be moving towards a nuclear weapon, but seems to becoming apart internally with political in fighting that makes washington look civilized by comparison. we'll ask two experts to explain what's going on. >>> why are we being bombarded by meteors and asteroids and what's the difference anyway? i'll talk to our favorite astrophysicist. >>> but, first, here's my take. with big budget cuts looming, it might seem crazy to talk about new spending but i'll try anyway. here's a plea for tiny but vital increase in federal spending. in his state of the union address president obama promised to expand early childhood education for children from poor families. this is an important idea that could become to help address a huge problem in america. the lack of economic mobility. america has long been seen as the place where anyone can mak
raised issues about foreign policy. to the efficacy of torture to our policy towards iran. we'll talk abut all these issues still confronting us in real life with the terrific panel including the former director of the cia, michael hayden. >>> iran might be moving towards a nuclear weapon, but seems to becoming apart internally with political in fighting that makes washington look civilized by comparison. we'll ask two experts to explain what's going on. >>> why are we being...
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this comes as the european union's foreign policy chief sa says yanukovych intends to sign an agreement with the eu. >>> in thailand protesters have shut up electricity to the prime minister's office in bangkok. this comes as the former prime minister appeared in court. he faces murder charges in this connection with the deaths of protesters. >>> immigration reform, a controversial topic on capitol hill. we'll take a look at what both sides of the aisle have done to tackle this issue in 2013. >>> plus the latest in a battle of where to build the new boeing jet liner. seeing some beautiful weather all the way to sunday even into the low 70 did or high 60s, partly cloudy conditions, overnight, about 44 degrees. texas also dry for you as well. we saw rain showers and a mix of precip just a little bit up here towards the north. temperatures for dallas at about 42. san antonio at 55. for houston, well, you are going to be seeing rain by the time we end the week. 59 degrees there. that will will last one day. your weekend should look better with a high of 63. over here towards the southeast,
this comes as the european union's foreign policy chief sa says yanukovych intends to sign an agreement with the eu. >>> in thailand protesters have shut up electricity to the prime minister's office in bangkok. this comes as the former prime minister appeared in court. he faces murder charges in this connection with the deaths of protesters. >>> immigration reform, a controversial topic on capitol hill. we'll take a look at what both sides of the aisle have done to tackle...
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>> some of the unity also has to do with republicans wanting to flex their muscle on foreign policy. they haven't had many victories in terms of a lot of foreign policy, a lot of their policies have been discreditted by what we have seen over the last years in terms of the prosecution of the war on terror. so i think that's it. but i also think obama didn't do himself any favors by picking hagel. in some ways he's the only guy that wants hagel. democrats are not that excited about having hagel there. republicans are not happy. they want to drag it out. chris: what are you hearing from your reporters? >> i think that's right. the sense is he will be confirmed but there's still more time so we don't know what could happen. something new could come out. >> absolutely. >> change. chris: i think there may be a brilliant strategy. slow it down, slow it down, hope something breaks. bad news comes out of the woodwork. let's talk about something coming up on the subject of the march 1 showdown known as sequester. you wrote your new e-book called "here's the deal" in part, quote, democrats hav
>> some of the unity also has to do with republicans wanting to flex their muscle on foreign policy. they haven't had many victories in terms of a lot of foreign policy, a lot of their policies have been discreditted by what we have seen over the last years in terms of the prosecution of the war on terror. so i think that's it. but i also think obama didn't do himself any favors by picking hagel. in some ways he's the only guy that wants hagel. democrats are not that excited about having...
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he may get into foreign policy or praising the syria resolution in the united nations, but i bet the majority of the remarks well be on pressuring house republicans to move a clean funding of the u.s. government. >> trace: he puts the pressure on the house republicans to send this bill back clean. is it your sense he is going to stand firm? a lot of republicans, including john boehner, said the president, as we go forward, has 0 negotiate. that's just the way these things work. the president is standing his ground. but presidents always stand their ground saying they're not going to negotiate, some there's always some wiggle room. right? >> he's the problem for house speaker boehner. he was trying to get republicans to buy into sending kind of a clean cr, or relatively clean cr back to the senate. but effect the real battle on the list of things they wanted in the debt careering -- debt ceiling debate. there's not a tremendous buyin there. he doesn't have all of the votes he needs to have on that whole premise, at least everything we have heard on capitol hill. so, you could see some
he may get into foreign policy or praising the syria resolution in the united nations, but i bet the majority of the remarks well be on pressuring house republicans to move a clean funding of the u.s. government. >> trace: he puts the pressure on the house republicans to send this bill back clean. is it your sense he is going to stand firm? a lot of republicans, including john boehner, said the president, as we go forward, has 0 negotiate. that's just the way these things work. the...
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couple weeks we have all been focused on i think a rather flailing foreign policy. the fact that the president has been able to turn a corner potentially at the united nations with his possible handshake with the iranian president is a pretty dramatic change of events. >> think about where we were three weeks ago and think about what the speech would have looked like had a vote gone differently in the u.k. parliament, had the president not decided to go to congress. it is amazing. and we were in that situation and what sort of reminded me of that is on a total nonsequitur but related, the president will be doing health care with bill clinton. bill clinton did a speech on september 4th that was supposed to launch this effort and it got stepped on by the whole syria escapade. but this is what the white house has been pleading to folks like jeffrey and others who have been sort of scratching their heads or critical of how they have handled this tactically saying, hey, judge us by the results. and ultimately how the results, you know, it does stay consistent with how ob
couple weeks we have all been focused on i think a rather flailing foreign policy. the fact that the president has been able to turn a corner potentially at the united nations with his possible handshake with the iranian president is a pretty dramatic change of events. >> think about where we were three weeks ago and think about what the speech would have looked like had a vote gone differently in the u.k. parliament, had the president not decided to go to congress. it is amazing. and we...
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very proudly, who ran an entire foreign policy campaign about choosing diplomacy over war. a man who has president, has been drawn to a close, but also expanding our military activities in a variety of countries through counterterrorism and drones and special forces. today, i saw that candidate of 2008. >> our iran policy is a complete failure right now and that's the policy that john mccain is running on. he has nothing to offer except the naive and irresponsible belief that tough talk from washington will somehow cause iran to give up its nuclear program in support for terrorism. i believe we need to use all elements of american power to pressure iran, including tough, principled and direct diplomacy. what's that john f. kennedy did. what ronald reagan did when dealing with the soviets. >> today, talked to iran. according to a senior administration official, president rouhani wanted to speak to the president on the phone. this after he reportedly turned down a meeting with the president earlier this week. today at approximately 2:30 p.m., the two leaders engaged in a phon
very proudly, who ran an entire foreign policy campaign about choosing diplomacy over war. a man who has president, has been drawn to a close, but also expanding our military activities in a variety of countries through counterterrorism and drones and special forces. today, i saw that candidate of 2008. >> our iran policy is a complete failure right now and that's the policy that john mccain is running on. he has nothing to offer except the naive and irresponsible belief that tough talk...